Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Rachel Maddow: “What ‘Ultra’ Can Teach Us About Threats to American Democracy Today”
You can watch this very interesting conversation at this link.
Category Archives: election subversion risk
State Bar of California: “Attorney John Eastman Charged with Multiple Disciplinary Counts by the State Bar of California”
Release:
The State Bar of California’s Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced today the filing of a Notice of Disciplinary Charges (NDC) against attorney John Charles Eastman (State Bar No. 193726). The 11 charges arise from allegations that… Continue reading
My New One at Slate: “Meta is Bringing Trump Back to Facebook. It Should Keep Him on a Short Leash to Protect Our Democracy.”
I have written this piece for Slate. A snippet:
Meta’s decision Wednesday to replatform former president Donald J. Trump on Facebook and Instagram is lamentable and ill-considered. The company’s own standards required his continued exclusion from the social media platform… Continue reading
“Cochise County elections director resigns after protecting midterm ballots from Republican officials”
Votebeat Arizona:
During last fall’s fights in Cochise County over hand-counting ballots and rejecting the election results, county residents say they were glad there was one person standing up to defend elections.
Elections Director Lisa Marra repeatedly explained — to… Continue reading
“Meta to Reinstate Trump’s Facebook and Instagram Accounts”
NYT:
Just over two years after Donald J. Trump’s accounts were suspended from Facebook and Instagram, Meta, the owner of the platforms, said on Wednesday that it would reinstate the former president’s access to the social media services.
Mr.… Continue reading
“The Sacred Lies of Virginia Thomas”
Frank Wilkinson:
Virginia Thomas — who goes by “Ginni” — occupies a singular place in elite conservative politics. Yet what’s striking about her testimony is how generically MAGA it is. She laments election “fraud and irregularities” for which she can… Continue reading
“4 more Oath Keepers found guilty of seditious conspiracy tied to Jan. 6 attack”
Politico:
Four members of the far-right Oath Keepers were found guilty on Monday of attempting to derail the transfer of power from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden on Jan. 6, 2021.
A jury found that the four men —… Continue reading
Free Registration for Jan. 26 Webinar with Rachel Maddow and Me: “What ‘Ultra’ Can Teach Us About Threats to American Democracy Today”
I’m very much looking forward to this online conversation with Rachel Maddow for the Safeguarding Democracy Project on an episode in U.S. history when the risk of sedition was real and substantial. We will explore the limits of journalism and… Continue reading
“Election deniers set sights on next target”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
Swing state voters broadly rejected candidates in last year’s midterms who questioned the results of the 2020 elections. But unfounded accusations of fraud and other malfeasance continue to tear at the machinery of U.S. elections.
The… Continue reading
“Even after New Mexico shootings, little GOP reckoning over election denialism”
WaPo:
Republican officials in New Mexico knew that Solomon Peña, the man police accused last week of orchestrating shootings into the homes of four Albuquerque Democrats, had served nearly seven years in prison forhis role in smash-and-grab thefts before he… Continue reading
Read the 122-Page Draft January 6 Committee Report on Social Media Companies and Post-2020 Election Violence
The report is here. (It is now linked in this earlier WaPo report that I linked to earlier this week.)
“Three Active-Duty Marines Charged in Jan. 6 Attack”
NYT:
Three active-duty Marines assigned to intelligence-related jobs were charged this week with participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court records, which showed that one of the Marines said that he was waiting… Continue reading
“John Eastman Is Unbowed as Investigations Proliferate”
NYT:
The crux of Mr. Eastman’s defense is that he was simply a lawyer offering advice, and that he was acting in good faith, since he still believes many of the fraud claims that were made. “I’m not backing down… Continue reading
“Issue One reveals who profited from election denialism in 2022”
Release:
As election-denying secretary of state candidates spouted rhetoric that eroded people’s faith in our free and fair elections, political operatives behind the scenes were raking in the dough.
A new Issue One review of state campaign finance filings highlights… Continue reading